Pickering

Summary

Pickering is a city^[1]. Pickering ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pickering is located in Regional Municipality of Durham^[3].
• Pickering is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Pickering is on the body of water Lake Ontario^[5].
• Pickering's image is recorded as Nautical Village by Lake Ontario and Frenchman's Bay, Pickering.jpg^[6].
• Pickering's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Pickering's instance of is recorded as lower-tier municipality of Ontario^[8].
• Pickering's shares border with is recorded as Ajax^[9].
• Pickering's shares border with is recorded as Toronto^[10].
• Pickering's shares border with is recorded as Markham^[11].
• Pickering's shares border with is recorded as Whitchurch–Stouffville^[12].
• Pickering's shares border with is recorded as Uxbridge^[13].
• Pickering's shares border with is recorded as Scugog^[14].
• Pickering's shares border with is recorded as Whitby^[15].
• Pickering's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 262363857^[16].
• Pickering's locator map image is recorded as Pickering within Durham Region.svg^[17].
• Pickering's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87846364^[18].
• Pickering's postal code is recorded as 33400–33499^[19].
• Pickering's Commons category is recorded as Pickering, Ontario^[20].
• Pickering's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2408836^[21].
• +1811-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pickering^[22].
• Pickering's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.906944444444, 'lon': -79.130833333333}^[23].
• Pickering's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01glqh^[24].
• Pickering's CGNDB unique ID is recorded as FAASQ^[25].
• Pickering's official website is recorded as http://www.pickering.ca/^[26].
• Pickering's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pickering, Ontario^[27].

Body

Geography

Pickering is in the country of Canada^[4]. Pickering is located in Regional Municipality of Durham^[3]. Pickering is on the body of water Lake Ontario^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Pickering's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+231.59'}^[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+217'}^[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+83.8'}^[30]. Pickering's population is recorded as {'amount': '+91771'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7] and lower-tier municipality of Ontario^[8].

History and Context

+1811-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pickering^[22].

Why It Matters

Pickering ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month).^[2] Pickering has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Pickering is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]